Lou Brock Quotes

Some players tell me that since retiring they've had the urge to go somewhere every three days. To satisfy that urge, they may even jump in the car and drive around the block.

I had a job on college campus. I lost that job, but on my way home I heard an inner voice that said go out for the baseball team. I was a walk-on, and I was actually petrified as a walk-on because you're not an athlete.

Jim Crow was king ... and I heard a game in which Jackie Robinson was playing, and I felt pride in being alive.

I was not in the church, but we claim, like so many people, 'Yeah, I grew up in the church.' Well yeah, I grew up in the church and went to church, but I knew nothing about the Lord. I had no idea what it meant about walking in faith.

One of the trademarks of a champion is that he can outlast you.

I don't have to steal bases. I steal bases because I want to.

If I had any interest in coming back to baseball, it would be as a general manager and not as a manager.

You can't be afraid to make errors! You can't be afraid to be naked before the crowd, because no one can ever master the game of baseball, or conquer it. You can only challenge it.

No one wants to hear about the labor pains, they just want to see the baby.

Show me a guy who's afraid to look bad, and I'll show you a guy you can beat every time.

The baseball held was my fantasy of what life offered.

You can't hide God in you. God was not meant to become part of you, and you hide out in the closet. I don't think He wanted that. I think He wanted people to see the Christ in you that reflects Him.

We have to make some radical move to get the attention of everyone. Cheaters can't win and steroids has put us in the position that it's OK to cheat.

Stealing bases was put to me almost as a prerequisite for staying in the game. They didn't give me a handbook on how to do it; they said do it. Under those conditions you go out and develop your own handbook.

I don't think about goals and records. Competition is what keeps me playing.